How to send email using smtp in php?
How to send email using smtp in php?
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by
raven_corwin ,
4 months ago
@jasen
To send an email using SMTP in PHP, you can use the PHPMailer library which provides a simple and efficient way to send emails using SMTP. Here's a basic example code to send an email using SMTP in PHP with PHPMailer:
- First, you need to download the PHPMailer library from https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer and include it in your PHP script.
- Create a new PHP file and include the PHPMailer Autoload file at the beginning of your script:
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<?php use PHPMailerPHPMailerPHPMailer; use PHPMailerPHPMailerException; // Include PHPMailer library files require 'path/to/PHPMailer/src/Exception.php'; require 'path/to/PHPMailer/src/PHPMailer.php'; require 'path/to/PHPMailer/src/SMTP.php'; |
- Next, create a new instance of the PHPMailer class and setup the SMTP settings:
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$mail = new PHPMailer(); $mail->isSMTP(); $mail->Host = 'smtp.yourmailserver.com'; $mail->Port = 587; $mail->SMTPAuth = true; $mail->Username = '[email protected]'; $mail->Password = 'your_email_password'; |
- Set the email content:
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$mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Sender Name');
$mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'Recipient Name');
$mail->Subject = 'Subject of your email';
$mail->Body = 'Body of your email';
$mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
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- Finally, send the email:
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if (!$mail->send()) {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent';
}
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This is a basic example of sending an email using SMTP in PHP with PHPMailer. You can customize it further by adding attachments, setting CC/BCC recipients, and adding additional headers.